Annhig, will you be in Hong Kong then in December? In my experience you cannot count on warm weather in HK in winter. Come prepared.

MmePerdu - we'll be spending 3 nights in HK en route to australia in mid November.

the weather charts I've seen suggest that it is usually nicely warm in November; it can also be hot or cold.

don't worry, we'll be prepared.

Should you need something in HKG I recommend my favorite Asian department store, Yue Hwa (in Tsim Sha Tsui) http://www.yuehwa.com/index.php Some of my favorite things bought over the years I've found there or in the Singapore location. The tea department is especially fun. I find I like clothing choices for myself from the men's department better than the women's.

thanks for the tip, MmePerdu. we'll be staying at the Salisbury which i believe to be in Tsim Sha Tsui so we'll go and have a look.

the silk scarves on the website look good, and are easy to pack!

I, too, stay at the "Y' Salisbury. Yue Hwa was very near but Google maps indicates that it's now up Nathan Road. Ask at the hotel desk if the nearby location, not far behind the hotel, is still there. My last couple of visits have been to the Singapore store.

glad to share our hotel of choice with such a connoisseur, MmePerdu.

WE'll ask in the hotel how to get there.

I've seen some of you people that don't believe in an iron. If you travel for work you need an iron or a half blind client.

I usually carry a few dryer sheets but love that hotel shampoo for washing out the undies.

>>I've seen some of you people that don't believe in an iron. If you travel for work you need an iron or a half blind client.<<

Not so. Honest. I traveled for work w/ business suits weekly for more than 20 years. If you pack w/ the bundle method things do not wrinkle. At all. Whether a business suit, a dress & jacket, a blazer, a tuxedo, or most anything. On top of that, I buy Foxcroft blouses at Nordstroms and use them exclusively for travel . . . they do not wrinkle and are very attractive.

I teach a packing class and the wardrobe I use to demo includes everything from jeans to dress slacks, cashmere sweaters to a suede jacket . . . and I leave everything packed in the course rollaboard for weeks at a time (I don't unpack between classes) and they come out for the next class in perfect condition.

Janisj, you need to help some of these people I see then! I am going to check out foxcraft. I have the Brooks Brothers blouses and they wrinkle on me.

Janisj, you need to help some of these people I see then! I am going to check out foxcraft. I have the Brooks Brothers blouses and they wrinkle on me. I think flight crews are some of the worse.

Perhaps a misunderstanding here, as some folks have been outraged that I make my own laundry soap. Clarifications: 1) super easy; 2) super cheap (c. 25 cents per gallon); 3) I don't make it for travel, though on some trips have carried a bit if it fits what I'm going to be doing & where I'm going; 4) I've never recommended anyone else make it for travel, either; 5) I primarily use it as a community service project, distributing it to our Food Bank, Ronald McDonald House families, Women's Shelter & Dept. Social Services. It is also used as Bingo prizes at a Senior Center where the clients are mostly in need & delivered with Meals on Wheels, l& used in hurricane relief. The recipe, along with tips on uses as a community service project is at <www.SudsforDuds.com>. Sorry for those who misunderstood my initial comment.

Janis - With the bundling method, how do you get what you need out of the suitcase without having to unpack everything? Or do you have to unpack it all? I often travel to multiple places in one trip, so I don't actually unpack, just live out of the suitcase, hanging the next day's clothes up the night before. I roll my clothes instead, which does a nice job of minimizing wrinkles, and I can get things out without having to unpack.

If I have multiple stops ( like the trip I'm on right now - 3 nights in Paris, two nights in one London hotel and three nights in a different London hotel) I'd do 'double bundles'. Two bundles each with approx half of the clothing. Since I try to coordinate most/all my clothes, it is easy to divide in half. Then you are only unpacking half of your things and the rest stays undisturbed. Most I've ever done is three bundles for a crazy eleven day, 8 hotel business trip.

The bundles are quick to un pack/ re pack so even if you don't double bundle, it doesn't complicate things much.

Suze, do you have a current source for capris? My old standbys are getting a bit worn, and I'm not seeing them around.